In this UPMC Physician Journal feature, learn about UPMC’s storied history as a pioneer in the development of ventricular assist devices, and discover how its ventricular assist devices (VAD) program is changing the lives of today’s patients as both bridges to heart transplants and destination therapies.
This story features interviews with Gavin Hickey, MD, Medical Director, VAD and Transplant Program, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute; Program Director, UPMC Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant and Pulmonary Hypertension Fellowship Program; and assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and Mary Keebler, MD, Medical Director for the Center for Advanced Heart Failure, Section Chief for Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute; and associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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